A View From The Back Of The Room: Conjurer
Conjurer, They Live We Sleep, Black Pyre, Fuel CardiffSo spending a Friday night in Cardiff's only rock bar watching a band who's star is on the rise with a couple of old friends is a pretty good way...
View ArticleMetal To The Masses South Wales 2019 Heat 1 Preview
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2019 – Heat 1 Preview2018 saw one of the most dramatic and intense series of events as local bands fought it out to qualify for the Holy Grail of a coveted...
View ArticleReviews: Rotting Christ, Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, King Kraken, Razzattazz...
Rotting Christ: The Heretics (Season Of Mist) [Matt]30 years into their career the leaders of the Hellenic black metal are enjoying another purple patch with more recent albums Aealo (2010), Κατά τον...
View ArticleReviews: Woorms, 0N0, Illimitable Dolor, Snake Tongue (Paul S)
Woorms: Slake (Sludgelord Records)Woorms are a 3 piece from Baton Rouge, the band formed in 2017 and Slake is their first album. Most of the material on the album would fit in to a sludge/doom/noise...
View ArticleReviews: Avantasia, Hexvessel, Ghost Iris, Indestructible Noise Command...
Avantasia: Moonglow (Nuclear Blast) [Matt]I'll get this out of the way first, Moonglow features a cover of Maniac as the final track, it's not wanted, it's not necessary and frankly it sounds exactly...
View ArticleReviews:The Neal Morse Band, Leach, More Human Than Human, Saint Apache (Sean...
The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure (Radiant Records) [Paul H]It’s a return of the God-fearing guitarist and his band with a progressive opus that is gargantuan in both ambition and style. Huge...
View ArticleReviews: Overkill, Massive, Stonecast, Tides Of Sulfur (Paul H & Matt)
Overkill: The Wings Of War (Nuclear Blast Records) [Paul H]You know what you get with Overkill. The legendary thrash outfit who are now hitting us hard with their latest album, their 19th full release....
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (Live...
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and Black Futures, Sin City (Polly)This concert took place in Swansea’s Sin City, which is a small venue for a band with a dedicated following, a testament to the...
View ArticleBloodstock Metal To The Masses Heat 1 Review (By Paul H)
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses Heat 1, Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff 15th February 2019Phew! This was one intense evening. It was like watching four heavyweight boxers in a ring, slugging it out until the...
View ArticleReviews: Within Temptation, Steve Hackett, De Staat, Aftermath (Alex & Paul S)
Within Temptation: Resist (Spinefarm) [Alex]Within Temptation are arguably one of symphonic metals most accessible acts. I mean that in a positive way as well. While Epica may be famous for their...
View ArticleReviews: Soen, Frenzy, Summoned Tide, Mortanius (By Rich)
Soen: Lotus (Silver Lining Music)Now onto their fourth album, progressive metallers Soen astonish with their blinding new release Lotus. This is the first album with new guitarist Cody Ford who puts in...
View ArticleReviews: The Room, Crypt Trip, Eremit, Dawn Of Existence (Matt, Paul S & Rich)
The Room: Caught By The Machine (White Star Records) [Matt]I've said before about my love of progressive rock and also about my love of White Star Records, one of the leading progressive rock labels in...
View ArticleMetal To The Masses South Wales 2019 Heat 2 Preview
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2019 – Heat 2 PreviewWe go again! Heat 2 has seen the late withdrawal of Prophecy who we wish all the best for 2019 and beyond. With two new bands added to...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Desecration (Live Review By Paul H)
Desecration, Sodomized Cadaver, Ablated, Cerebral Atrophy & Black Pyre, Fuel Rock BarIt’s always a party when Desecration are in town, the Welsh Death Metal Bastards causing chaos and carnage in...
View ArticleReviews: Voidnaut, Warrior Path, Disillusive Play, The Elysian Fields
Voidnaut: Nadir (7Hard Records)Voidnaut classify their sound as American Heavy and if I was pushed I'd say Alter Bridge with abit of Pantera for guts. Heavy grooves a slightly progressive edge and...
View ArticleReviews: Saor, Warlung, Dark Years From Now, YERÛŠELEM (Sean, Mark & Paul S)
Saor: Forgotten Paths (Avantguarde) [Sean]Wow. I….just give me a moment, I wasn’t expecting my spirit to be sent skyward and so suddenly. Come on Seán, you have a review to type here! Maintain your...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Dunkelnacht (Live Review By Paul H)
Dunklenacht Creature Sound, SwanseaI’d been really impressed by the French band's latest release, Empires Of Mediocracy so despite the attraction of a night in after two nights at Fuel I headed West to...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Haken
Haken, Vola & Bent Knee, The Fleece BristolFor a Sunday in February this was quite an eventful gig as it happened. I'd seen two of the three bands before and the shows were exciting but always...
View ArticleReviews: Eric Gales, Asphodelus, Nil Desperandum, Ceremony Of Silence (By...
Eric Gales: The Bookends (Provogue Records)Also known as Raw Dawg, Eric Gales is an American Blues-Rock guitarist who plays some of the most smolderingly good blues I’ve heard in many a year. A child...
View ArticleReviews: Iron Savior, Syrence, Sydney Fate, Rock Goddess (Paul H)
Iron Savior: Kill Or Get Killed (AFM Records)I’m sitting in the living room with the track Roaring Thunder blasting out of the stereo. Mrs H walks past. “That’s cheesy,” she commented. “Are they...
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